Matter-holder.



j. MLLER (QF. K'UGLER.

MATTER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.2. 1917.

1,281,633.. Patented OCI. I5, 1918.

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JOSEF MLLER AND FRIEDRICH KUGLER, OF FRAUENFELD, SWITZERLAND.

MATTER-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 1,5, 191s.

Application led November 2, 1917. Serial No. 199,994.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, Josnr MLLER, a citizen of the Republic of'Switzerland, residingat Frauenfeld, Switzerland, and FRIEDRICH KUGLER, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, residing at Frauenfeld, Switzerland, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Matter-Holders; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in thehart to which it appertains to make and use the same,`reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to letters and iigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. l

This invention relates to improvements in matter-or composition-holders acting' at the same time as page-bearers. Holders adapted to be put around matters or compositions for the purpose of-flormingV packets and acting at the same time as pagebearers and comprising a strap adapted to be passed around a page are' already known. In some of the hitherto known holders of this kind the members for locking or closing the matter-holder, are arranged within the part of the holder acting as page-bearer. All these known matter-holders have the `common drawback, that the free end or the free ends of the connecting strap to be put around the page in-order to form a packet have to be threaded through vlocking members and that the locking or closing of the l matter-holder is effected b v a clamping of the connecting member. The vthreading is, however, troublesome and takes up much time. while the clamping of the connecting members has theleft'e'ct of rendering these members useless in a short while. By using the hithertov known matter-holders it is moreover very difficult, and sometimes quite impossible', to obtain alooseningof the matter should it be desired to'correct the composition while itis held together to a packet in a resilientpor elastic manner.

' The ob'ect of this invention is' to -provide a matter-'holder acting at thefsame time Vas a page-bearer, in which athreading ofthe connecting member 'or holdervand a clamping 'of the latter ieavoidecl and which upon the carrying Vout of a simple manipulationl can be loosened in such a manner that, while the matter is kept together in an elastic manner, the necessary corrections in the composition may be easily carried out. In the matter-holder according to this invention acting at the same time as a pagebearer and comprising a strap to be put around the page and in' which the members for closing or locking this holder are arranged withinfthe part of the latter acting asa page-bearer diii'ers'in the respect from the hitherto known holders in that one end of the strap is connected to a bolt by spring means, whereby this bolt is Yadapted'to be brought at di iferent places into engagement with theholder-part acting as page-bearer, and that the other end of said strap is also secured to the part of the holder acting as page-bearer.

This invention will now be more particularly described with reference. to the accompanying drawing, which illustrates a constructional example of the invention. In this drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a packet provided with the novel holder.

Fig. 2 1s a corresponding side view seen Y Vgether to amatter, form a page. 2 denotes the heading on vthe ton of the page. 3 is a strap having preferably the width of three picas. This strap is connected at one end to an U-shaped rail 4. 41 consisting of two ad- ]acent parts. A pawl 5 provided with teeth is pivotallv mounted in the Shanks of a foot l lstick consisting of a U-shaped rail 4, 41 near one of its ends. The end of the strap3 projecting on the front edge of the part 4 of the rail 4. 41 outof thel'atter is pressed l.against the web of therail 4.41 by the teeth of the pawl 5.- VNear its'other end thestrap 3' is laid over and this turned over portion is clamped between the parts'of a block 6 consisting of two pieces. Three helical springs 8 are fixed to a bolt Y of the block 6, l

block 6, while the bolt 9 extends over the'4 whole width of the rail 4, 41. The shanks of the part 4 'of the rail 4, 41 are provided with notches 11. 'f

In order to form a packet the web of the rail 44, 41 .is put against the bottom of the page. The strap ishereupon'put over the heading 2 around' the page and the'block 6 is inserted between the shanks of therail 4, 41. The strap i3 is tensioned by means ofthe plate l0 andthe bolt 91is inserted into two opposite Vnotches 11. Hereupon plate 10 is put against thehelical springs ,8. The page is now held tight together by means ofthe strap 3 and the looking or closing members of this strap are l lying-within the edges of the shanks ofthe rail 4,41. In `order that the strap 3 may be easily. pulled over the edges ofthe heading2 said edges are pre`f erably Vrounded olf.

The hereinbefore ldescribed: matter-holder is not removed from the page when the latter is fixed in the frame 12 (Fig. 5) as the :thickness Vof the strap is comparatively small. As the operator has only toinsert the bolt 9 into two of the recesses '1l-of the rail 4, 41 or to remove it out of said recesses,ithe bindingy of the matter to a lpacket'and the opening of the latter can be effected quicker and in a more secure manner than'is the case when using the hitherto'known cords. In order to correct the composition, the whole packet may be removed from the frame 12 and the strap may then be loosened by inserting the bolt 9 into others of the-recesses or notches 11 of the rail part 4, so that the matter is s'till'held together. When a great number of corrections have to be made the holderma'y be quickly loosened and Vafterward again be put around the page.- Apage held together'by means of the hereinbefore described holder may Vbeinserted into orremoved from the frame 12 `by means Vof one .hand only without collapsing and this'even in thecase when ,a ypage Ais comparatively large. This is a consequence ofthe 'great width ofthe strap. Moreover, the Ystrap '3 ,gives also a hold to lines, whichare noteX- lactly Vjustified. This'isparticularly Vof imortance when the packet has to be inserted ninto the frame`12. Finally, the pages'can be ta'ken vout of-y the framef12 when theyhave' to be washed,-so` that-'this framefand its webs jdo lnot .have vto be dipped into the washing .liquid and therefore"remain dry.

` 4vThe contraction of'v the strap' 3: due to its holding"the'page'together. Asthe strap has to be dipped into a liquid it is preferably impregnated.

Owing to the fact, that the lockingmembers lie within the edges of the shanks of the rail 4, 41, these members are not in the way when the pages have to be fixed within the frame 12 as the railcomes'to rest'with'said edges on' the corresponding fixing web 'of this locking frame 12@ Y The hereinbefore described holder maybe used in connection with vpages having very different sizesand the part 41 :may also be dispensed with, or it may be replaced by an-V other part having the required lengthj; The part .of the strap lput into the block6 may also be replacedby another section ofthe strap, so thatY the 'length' of the latterbetween theparts 5 and 6 may be-adapted to-thesize ofthe page, whichphas to be bound'in a packet. What weclaim is: A

1. A matter rholder acting at the same time V as a page-bearer, comprising a footstick, a `strap having Yone end fixed to the latter, a block movable/relatively to thefootstick, 'the second end of the strap being. xed to Vsaid block, a memloer adapted VtoV be brought atxdifferent placesinto engagement withthe footstick,'and spring "means connecting the-last mentionedY member to said block whereby the band is Vautomatically heldtaut/` f2.' A matter-holder actingat the-same time Yas a'page-bearer, comprising a Vfabric strap, a vUsshaped rail adapted to act as a footstick and provided on its shankswith -a plurality of oppositely arranged notches,'a pawl pivotally mounted in said railjand adapted to press one end of the strap against therail,

lablock consistingof two parts, means for "atthe otherend to said block.l

3.5 A mattereholder acting at -the' same time -as a'page-loearer, comprising a fabricstrap, al1-shaped rail adapted to act asfa foot-stick and provided on its Shanks with a plurality of opposite notches, a v'pawlpivotally mounted-in 'said' .rail and `adapted 'to Apress one end of the strap againstthearail, a

block consisting of two parts larranged .be-

tween the. Shanks of the rail, fmeans for pressing the two blockeparts together'forthe zpu-rpo'seT of clamping-the second end'lof fthe strap between said block parts. abolt adapted rail-notches, the bolt, springs and plate beto be brought into engagement with two oping arranged between the Shanks of the posite notches of the rail, springs connected U-shaped rail. 10 at one end to said bolt and at the other end In testimony that we claim the foregoing to said block, and a holding plate pivotally as our invention, we have signed our names. mounted on the bolt for bringing the latter JOSEF MLLERl securely in and out of engagement withthe FRIEDRICH KUGLER Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

